Airstrike hits Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan
A fire is seen after an apparent US airstrike hit a hospital run by Doctors without Borders in Kunduz, Afghanistan on Oct. 03, 2015. Photo by MSF/Pool/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images An apparent U.S....
View ArticleSanders: Ban on assault weapons is a ‘commonsense’ policy
Independent Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign stop in Marion, Iowa, Aug. 16, 2015. At a campaign event Saturday, Sanders voiced support for...
View ArticleMore than 200 dead after Russian airliner crashes in Egypt’s Sinai
The remains of a Russian airliner are seen in central Sinai near the city of Arish, north Egypt, October 31, 2015. The Airbus A321, carrying 224 passengers and crew, crashed into a mountainous area of...
View ArticleQuestions swirl over Russian plane crash in Egypt that killed 224
A Russian presidential banner flies at half-staff on the roof of Kremlin Senate in Moscow, Russia on November 1, 2015. Sunday was declared a day of mourning after a Russian plane crashed in Egypt’s...
View ArticleNavy believes it found wreckage of missing U.S. cargo ship El Faro
The U.S. Navy search and rescue vessel USNS Apache is shown in this 2003 Navy handout photo. A search team on board the Apache believes it has located the wreckage of the missing cargo ship El Faro,...
View ArticleIncreased vigilance across the globe following Paris attacks
A couple stands in the rain as the colors of the French flag are projected onto Sydney’s Opera House in Australia, November 14, 2015. Countries around the world used similar displays to show solidarity...
View ArticleFrench police ask for help identifying third stadium bomber
Police in France are asking the public for help in identifying a man they say was involved in the Nov. 13 assault on the national stadium in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. [#AppelàTémoins] La...
View Article4 surprising facts from the 2015 Global Terrorism Index
Rachel Daniel holds up a picture of her abducted daughter Rose Daniel, 17, as her son Bukar, 7, sits beside her at her home in Maiduguri, Nigeria, May 21, 2014. Rose was abducted along with more than...
View ArticleStudent tortured, killed in Egypt given funeral in Italy
The coffin of Italian student Giulio Regeni is carried during his funeral in Fiumicello, northern Italy, Feb. 12, 2016. The death has sparked international uproar and strained relations between Egypt...
View ArticleAt least 3 dead in 50-car pileup in Pennsylvania
Dozens of vehicles skidded, spun out, and collided with each other in a massive highway accident that left at least three dead on a frozen stretch of Interstate 78 in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania,...
View ArticleFragile peace holds, Russia grounds planes in first day of Syrian truce
People walk in central Abbasid Square, next to Jobar, a suburb of Damascus, Syria on February 27, 2016. A cease-fire engineered by Washington and Moscow took effect on Saturday in many parts of Syria....
View ArticleSaudi court sentences man to 10 years, 2,000 lashes for atheist tweets
Members of the religious police attend a training course in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 29, 2009. A Saudi court recently sentenced a man whose atheistic tweets were discovered by the religious police...
View ArticleProsecutors detail sex abuse allegations against Dennis Hastert
Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert exits after an appearance in federal court in Chicago June 9, 2015. Federal prosecutors detailed sexual abuse allegations against Hastert for...
View ArticleSpaceX pulls off first successful mid-ocean rocket landing
Photo via SpaceX/Flickr Four failed attempts and years of effort paid off Friday, as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and lowered itself vertically onto a floating...
View Article8 things you didn’t know about the Fourth of July
An Uncle Sam figure sits on the hood of a car in a July Fourth parade in the village of Barnstable, Massachusetts July 4, 2014. Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters Here are eight things you might not have...
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